Until SE makes male and female glamours equal...

[Serilda]

Well, I cannot show you the girl versions because I am not a girl. But they're a lot closer to your examples - maybe someone with a female character can help?

[Faliandra]

Ah that one. Yea I know which one you mean. Its actually a good example and "kinda close" but not quite there yet.

Looks a bit too edgy and punk-like for my style. It has those chain necklace things and all which I find a bit off for a healer. But its a good start.
(problem also is how theres only this one piece with this style and too many people running around with it kinda makes it unattractive to me...I like mixing and matching stuff from different sets together to make it look more unique)


But you know...I havent ever tried it on since I turned Elezen....definitely gotta try it.

ANYWAY........NEEDS MOAR OF THIS.

[Driavna]

The thing about Aion, Blade and Soul and even TERA is in all those games armors are designed with race/sex in mind (till they no longer had enough money to pull it off :P) It's how everything should be designed if you ask me.

However FFXIV go for a more gender neutral, or even androgenous, route. Thats why we never are going to had gorgeous stuff like this:

And I can bet my anima weapon that Serilda would be happy with this compromise, because the original idea is always intact. Skympy gear is skimpy for both sex and regular gear stay regular.

[Magic-Mal]

I also have a theory that they design almost everything on Miqo'te and Au Ra females with little care about anyone else

Hey I think it's relevant. And I also agree and think you're 100% right. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but it was datamined at some point that almost all gear in this game is designed on a female Miqo'te model first then made for other races and genders. That includes male exclusive sets. Example, the Aymeric set has was datamined and it was revealed that the set on females does actually exist. It just wasn't released.

All this would explain why male exclusives are so easily made unisex because most likely, they are already created. Female exclusives on the other hand, are made on females but no male version is created. This is likely why there are no male versions of the bunny suit, or spring dress, or Thavnarian bustier, etc. Because it would actually have to be designed from the ground up(Like the current male bunny suit development!).

It's also probably why unisex gear sets look so feminine. Because they're originally made to fit the female model then copied onto males.

Why and when did this game get Alphinaud and Alisae DLC?

[Serilda]

And I can bet my anima weapon that Serilda would be happy with this compromise, because the original idea is always intact. Skympy gear is skimpy for both sex and regular gear stay regular.

Your anima weapon (and indeed the other thing you bet before the edit ) would be very safe with that guess. I certainly wouldn't say no to the male 'robe' design. There are some sets where the FFXIV team really nail this kind of concept too, and both sides get something that looks fantastic - for all that I moan about the GARO sets being genderlocked to death, I thought the Makai Priest sets went in some neat directions for their respective genders and would like to see more of those punky outfits and pretty hair accessories continue to appear after the event in non-GARO designs, perhaps with less rigorous locking (I really, really want the girls' healer gloves because they're just nice, long, black laced fingerless gloves. Hats, gloves and shoes, at the very least, should always be unlocked, surely!)

And then there are sets like the AST AF where all of the guys who aren't into 'pretty' gear just look sad and get out their glamour crystals because it's obviously optimised for a particular kind of character to the point where it looks weird on others.

Having such diverse shapes and sizes across races isn't really compatible with completely arbitrary gender locks. I would also like more sets like the old PVP gear which ran the gamut from hyper-masculine to hyper-feminine and everyone could find something interesting somewhere in that collection.

[ErryK]

Well now you know why you never got a response,

I found most of the points ludicrous and of questionable merit... however... apparently you or someone else didn't like what I had to say... and attempted to get me banned instead...

Yeah good move there... ban everyone else who doesn't share your view...

So you end up in your own little world... telling yourself what you wanted to hear anyway... regardless of whether it actually reflects any other opinions or reality in game.

You're just telling yourself what you wanted to hear anyway...

Your opinion... is very... offensive to the... majority of posters... in this... thread... so... it's not a surprise... you were reported... also... ellipses... are very... cool... right... ?

aren't you the dude complaining about how lv50 raid content is so difficult to do at lv60? lel

[Silverquick]

Your opinion... is very... offensive to the... majority of posters... in this... thread... so... it's not a surprise... you were reported... also... ellipses... are very... cool... right... ?

aren't you the dude complaining about how lv50 raid content is so difficult to do at lv60? lel

Oh so frigging sorry I DARED to actually question your viewpoint...

Welcome to the real world.

[ErryK]

Oh so frigging sorry I DARED to actually question your viewpoint...

Welcome to the real world.

You questioned it in a way that was quite offensive... this was mentioned a long time ago.

[Synrin]

So much this!!

[SenorPatty]

Your opinion... is very... offensive to the... majority of posters... in this... thread... so... it's not a surprise... you were reported... also... ellipses... are very... cool... right... ?

aren't you the dude complaining about how lv50 raid content is so difficult to do at lv60? lel

Don't bother with this guy. I'm fairly certain he's the same person who kept coming back to this thread over and over and over and no matter how many times we explained it to him in a very TL;DR version "desires are not exclusively logic-based", he still piped up about not getting it.

In ellipses. Over and over and over.

If someone could post a facepalm compilation gif for me, you'd make my day.